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DON'T WITHHOLD-2

Text: Proverbs 3:28

Do not say to your neighbor, " Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give [it,]" When [you have] it with you.

Yesterday, the Lord began to point our attention to the care we owe our fellow human beings- Not withholding good from them to whom is due when you have the capacity to do it. 

Today, we shall be  looking at the timing and turnaround time within which you are required to release the needed help to the one who deserves it.

God's word discourages us from extending the time of your good deeds. Hence, God expects you to be prompt about the help you are giving. The only reason why you must not ask the person that is requesting for your help to come back, is because God  always wants to use you to provide instant 
 answer like Him.
I will like us to consider the study text and the story of the good Samaritan.

The Priest and the Levites had the capacity to give help to the wounded  man. But they did not give the help as at when due. 

Just like the priest and the Levites, the Samaritan man also had a place he was going, but he chose to stop and give the help without delay.

There are needs in the lives of people around you that are staring at you in the face and you have the capacity to solve them, please do not procrastinate just go ahead and do the needful.

Help given to the helpless may be without reward if given too late.* 

Do it now, and you will be the extension of God's hand to the helpless.

Bible  Reading: Luke 10: 30-37.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, please give me grace not to withhold good from them who truly deserves it. 

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